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What you are seeing
A large form's answers stopped appearing in the byline, the catalogue and property search - but they are still visible on the page.
#Why it happens
The page's forms exceeded the 28,000-character index cap. Multi-value answers were truncated to their first 5 entries, then whole forms were dropped, and in the worst case the page was recorded as carrying no forms at all.
#What to do
Split the form across multiple pages, or shorten long free-text answers and multi-select lists. The answers themselves are safe - only the searchable index of them was trimmed.
#Limits that apply here
Limit | Value | What happens |
|---|---|---|
Indexed property size cap | 28,000 characters | The per-page index of answers is capped. Over the cap, multi-value answers are first truncated to their first 5 entries; then whole forms are dropped from the index; and if it still will not fit, the |
Background re-indexing timeout | 25 seconds | This is the practical limit on re-indexing a very large page. |
#Related
Columns in the responses table change as I page through
The field columns are built from whichever fields appear in the 25 rows currently on scree
Catalogue's "Responses" number does not match how many people have replied
That column counts PAGES carrying the form, not submissions. It counts a page even when no
Everything else
The rest of this family.
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